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The mosaic structure of the mammalian cognitive map. 哺乳动物认知图谱的马赛克结构。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00618-9

Kate J Jeffery

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Directed retreat and navigational mechanisms in trail following Formica obscuripes. 指示撤退和导航机制的踪迹跟随蒙昧蚁。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00604-1

Cody A Freas, Marcia L Spetch

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Landmarks, beacons, or panoramic views: What do pigeons attend to for guidance in familiar environments? 地标、灯塔或全景：鸽子在熟悉的环境中会听从什么指引？

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-20 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00610-3

Sebastian Schwarz, Antoine Wystrach, Ken Cheng, Debbie M Kelly

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A special issue honoring Ken Cheng: navigating animal minds. 纪念 Ken Cheng 的特刊：动物思维导航。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-024-00624-5

Cody A Freas, Marcia L Spetch

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What have we learned from research on the "geometric module"? 我们从“几何模块”的研究中学到了什么?

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00617-w

Nora S Newcombe

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Trail using ants follow idiosyncratic routes in complex landscapes. 在复杂的景观中，蚂蚁沿着独特的路线行走。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00615-y

Robert Barrie, Lars Haalck, Benjamin Risse, Thomas Nowotny, Paul Graham, Cornelia Buehlmann

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Unbalanced visual cues do not affect search precision at the nest in desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus). 不平衡的视觉线索不影响沙漠蚁(Cataglyphis nodus)巢穴搜索精度。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00613-0

Patrick Schultheiss

{"title":"Unbalanced visual cues do not affect search precision at the nest in desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus).","authors":"Patrick Schultheiss","doi":"10.3758/s13420-023-00613-0","DOIUrl":"10.3758/s13420-023-00613-0","url":null,"abstract":"Desert ant foragers are well known for their visual navigation abilities, relying on visual cues in the environment to find their way along routes back to the nest. If the inconspicuous nest entrance is missed, ants engage in a highly structured systematic search until it is discovered. Searching ants continue to be guided by visual cues surrounding the nest, from which they derive a location estimate. The precision level of this estimate depends on the information content of the nest panorama. This study examines whether search precision is also affected by the directional distribution of visual information. The systematic searching behavior of ants is examined under laboratory settings. Two different visual scenarios are compared - a balanced one where visual information is evenly distributed, and an unbalanced one where all visual information is located on one side of an experimental arena. The identity and number of visual objects is similar over both conditions. The ants search with comparable precision in both conditions. Even in the visually unbalanced condition, searches are characterized by balanced precision on both sides of the arena. This finding lends support to the idea that ants memorize the visual scenery at the nest as panoramic views from different locations. A searching ant is thus able to estimate its location with equal precision in all directions, leading to symmetrical search paths.","PeriodicalId":49914,"journal":{"name":"Learning & Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10923989/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A different perspective on avian hippocampus function: Visual-spatial perception. 鸟类海马功能的不同视角：视觉空间感知

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00601-4

Verner P Bingman, Anna Gagliardo

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Ants find shortest paths using simple, local rules. 蚂蚁利用简单的局部规则寻找最短路径。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00580-6

Chris R Reid

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A deeper understanding of noise effects on cetaceans. 深入了解噪音对鲸目动物的影响。

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Learning & Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-10 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-023-00585-1

Jason N Bruck

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